News
New publication by SHOC member Bas Spliet
We are proud to announce that SHOC member Bas Spliet has recently published a new article in The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History (TSEG). Find the article, entitled 'Plain and Old': Why Did Paintings Go out of Fashion? via this link.
MARIE-CHARLOTTE DUBOIS JOINS SHOC
Marie-Charlotte Dubois (°2001) is joining SHOC as a PhD researcher. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in History (2022) and Master of Arts in History (2023) at KU Leuven. She is specialized in medieval history.
JOHN LATHAM-SPRINKLE JOINS SHOC!
John Latham-Sprinkle is joining SHOC as a postdoctoral researcher. John studied for his BA in History at King’s College London, and for MA degrees in Medieval History and Historical Research Methods at the University of Leeds and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
SHOC-member Klaas Van Gelder on research leave in Canada
This semester, Klaas Van Gelder is on research leave at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada. He collaborates with Prof. Tim Stretton on the topic of women going to court in the early modern era.
SHOC member Bart Lambert and SHOC Talent for Research intern William Torbeyns participated in the 21st Encuentros Internacionales del Medioevo in Nájera (Spain)
Last week, Bart Lambert and SHOC Talent for Research intern William Torbeyns participated in the 21st Encuentros Internacionales del Medioevo in Nájera in Northern Spain. Bart delivered the opening keynote, discussing some trends in the recent historiography on migration in late medieval Europe.
Photo report: SHOC accompanies guided walk "Sprekende Straten"
Last Sunday, a number of SHOC colleagues accompanied a walk through Brussels, treating the audience to some memorable historical stories. Historical sources and the necessary entertainment were certainly not lacking! Click here for the photo report.
Anna Derhaerg joins SHOC!
Anna Derhaeg (°2002) joins SHOC as a PhD student on the project “Negotiating consent: patient agency and surgery from a European perspective, 1900-2000” supervised by Jolien Gijbels.
Rachèl Spros obtains PhD
On Friday 15th of November, Rachèl Spros successfully obtained her PhD with a dissertation titled "Down the Ypres rabitt-hole: A multi-isotope analysis of a medieval urban population". During her PhD-research, she was a team member of project "Make-Up of the City". Supervised by Prof. Dr.
Introducing Foraging: a podcast in environmental humanities
Today, we are particularly proud to share with you that our FORAGENCY colleagues will be publishing a podcast series starting next week. This podcast stems from the ERC Starting Grant FORAGENCY. Foraging, Colonialism and More-than-Human Agency in Central Africa.
Charlotte Van Riet joins SHOC
Charlotte Van Riet joins the SHOC research group as a PhD researcher in November 2024. Awarded an FWO-fellowship, she will work on the medieval urbanisation in the Low Countries.
ALICE VITTORIA JOINS SHOC
From the 1st of November, Alice Vittoria will join SHOC. Alice is a social and environmental anthropologist. She has recently concluded her PhD in Social Anthropology at University College London.
BRENT HUYGH JOINS SHOC
Brent Huygh (°2001) joins SHOC as a PhD student on the doctoral project “Village(r)s in Court: Judicial Empowering Interactions between Subjects and Government in Rural Brabant and Limburg (17th and 18th century)”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Klaas Van Gelder.
Peter Lambertz joins SHOC
Peter Lambertz joins SHOC as a postdocoral researcher and will be appointed on our Foragency project. Peter holds an MA in History (ULB Brussels), an MA in Global/African Studies (Leipzig-Stellenbosch-Wroclaw) and a PhD in African Studies/Religious Studies (Utrecht - Leipzig).
New publication by SHOC member Janny van Doorn
SHOC colleague Janny van Doorn publishes this month in the journal "Handelingen van het Genootschap voor Geschiedenis te Brugge". Have you always wanted to know under what conditions butchers were allowed to sell fish in the late Middle Ages?
SHOC ORGANISES TOUR: "SPREKENDE STRATEN"
Several SHOC colleagues gave their best at the second edition of our 'Sprekende Straten' ("Talking Streets") tour of Brussels last week. At various places in the city, we told about the pasts of ordinary and unusual Brussels residents uncovered in our research.
New publication by Hilde Greefs and SHOC member Anne Winter
We are proud to announce that a new article "The Democratization of Long-Distance Migration: Trajectories and Flows during the “Mobility Transition,” 1850–1910" has been published in Social Science History!
Events
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Ann McCants (MIT) & Bas Spliet (UAntwerpen / VUB)
A Uniquely Comprehensive Social View of Eighteenth-Century Amsterdam
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Auke Rijpma (Utrecht University)
Migration for necessity or proficiency: The Netherlands, 1750-1920
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Samuël Coghe (Ghent University)
(Post)Colonial Cattle Frontiers: Capitalism, Science and Empire in Southern and Central Africa, 1890s-1970s
Practical info-SHOC seminar with Maarten Couttenier
"Anthropology and Race in Belgium and the Congo (1839-1922)"
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Elise Elise Van Nederveen Meerkerk (Utrecht University)
“Human Beings Are Too Cheap in India”: Wages and Work Organization as Business Strategies in Bombay’s Late Colonial Textile Industry.
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Peter Wilson (University of Oxford)
"Urban Hubs in Europe’s Fiscal-Military System, 1530-1870"
Practical info-Lecture by Prof. dr. Stacey Hynd (University of Exeter): ‘Children at War: Histories of Child Soldiering in Africa’s Conflicts, c. 1940-2000’
We cordially invite you to this event, organised as part of the DIGICOLJUST-2 and 'Rebel Soldiers on Trial' projects, organized in collaboration with the ULB.
Practical info-Public lecture: Prof. dr. Kwame Edwin Otu – Colonial Inhalations: E-waste work and Wastemen in Necropolitical Ghana
FORAGENCY, the SHOC research Group and the Atelier Genre(s) et Sexualité(s) from the Université Libre de Bruxelles are thrilled to welcome Prof. dr.
Practical info-International seminar: 200 years of wealth inequality
International seminar: 200 years of wealth inequality
Practical info-Journée d'histoire belge des migrations / Dag van Belgische Migratiegeschiedenis
The seventh edition of the Day of Belgian Migration History will take place on Wednesday 25 September 2024 at the General State Archives in Brussels.
Practical info-SHOC Seminar with Judy Stephenson (University College London)
"Wages before Machines: The microeconomics of solving the wage puzzle of the Industrial Revolution"
Practical info-"Sprekende Straten": on tour with SHOC
Imagine the vowels and cobblestones of Brussels whispering stories of times gone by... Walk with us through the heart of the city and listen to the echoes of the past.
Practical info-SHOC colleague Anne Winter gives lecture during study day ‘Migration and spatiality’
SHOC colleague Anne Winter gives a lecture entitled ‘migration and urban change in the 19th and 20th centuries’ during the study day ‘Migration and spatiality’.
Practical info-SHOC seminar with Philipp Höhn (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg)
"Maritime Violence, Marginalization and the Formation of Markets in Late Medieval England"
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